CVE-2020-24949 Command injection in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated non-admin users can achieve remote code execution and privilege escalation via crafted requests in PHP-Fusion.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-24949?

CVE-2020-24949 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24949?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Php-Fusion Php-Fusion.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-24949 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-24949 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vrxg-55c7-pjh6.

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